When Götze received the ball, there weren't many Dortmund players around him. He took two steps forward, and AC Milan players immediately swarmed him.

Götze then passed the ball back to Mark Wagner, who had retreated to support him.

And when Mark Wagner received the ball, Zhou Yi had already run up.

So Mark, with his back to the direction of attack, didn't try to turn around and force a breakthrough. Instead, he passed the ball back to Zhou Yi.

Dortmund's counterattack was quick. In just three passes and two touches, they had already crossed the center circle, while AC Milan's players were still scrambling to get back and organize their defense.

Flamini lunged at Zhou Yi, hoping to end Dortmund's counterattack right there.

How could Zhou Yi let him have his way?

He had already spotted the gap before receiving the ball. Now, all he had to do was pass the ball in that direction!

So he swung his right leg and sent a through ball forward!

Just as he passed the ball, he jumped up, dodging Flamini's sliding tackle!

Many people watching on television gasped at this scene.

If Zhou Yi had passed the ball a second later, Flamini would have caught him with that tackle!

"That was close!!" He Ping exclaimed.

Li Cuiyun, watching on TV, bit her lip tightly, almost crying out.

Her husband, on the other hand, slapped his thigh excitedly: "Good!"

Good, what's so good about it?

Li Cuiyun didn't bother to pay attention to her husband. Although she had watched many of her son's games with him, she still couldn't understand the mentality of some fans, like her husband...

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Zhou Yi dodging Flamini's sliding tackle wasn't the main point of this attack. The main point was where the ball that Zhou Yi passed had gone.

Everyone's eyes followed the television camera to the front, and then they saw Lewandowski receive the ball in a huge gap!

At this moment, he was less than five meters away from the penalty area, and in front of him was only AC Milan's goalkeeper, Abbiati!

Nest, the AC Milan center-back closest to him, was also ten meters away!

This was a golden opportunity!

"Lewandowski!!"

Amidst Marcel Reif's excited shout, the Polish striker took the ball into the penalty area!

"Sixty-seventh minute, now Lewandowski has another chance to end the suspense of the game!"

AC Milan's goalkeeper Abbiati abandoned his goal and rushed towards Lewandowski.

And Nesta also turned and pounced on the Polish player.

The three of them seemed to be converging at a point in the penalty area.

But Lewandowski didn't want to do that.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, he suddenly shot!

Not a powerful shot, but a chip shot!

The ball went over the head of the onrushing goalkeeper Abbiati, and under Nesta's gaze, it fell into AC Milan's goal!

"1:0!! Lewandowski! Lewandowski!!"

A huge cheer rang out over Westfalenstadion.

The stadium announcer Norbert Dickel shouted: "Goal! We are leading AC Milan at home, with a total score of 2:0! The scorer is Robert—"

"Lewandowski!!" The 80,000 fans at the stadium shouted in unison, calling out the Polish striker's name with great momentum.

After scoring, Lewandowski waved his arms excitedly, matching the rhythm of the fans' cheers.

Then Zhou Yi, Götze, Mark, and other teammates ran up to celebrate the goal with him.

Behind the running Dortmund players were the disheartened AC Milan players.

Their most important task in this game was to score, and the second most important task was not to concede a goal.

As a result, neither task had been completed...

They still had time to complete the first task, but the second task was a complete failure.

Now the situation was very unfavorable for AC Milan.

Not only did they have to ensure that they didn't concede any more goals in the remaining game, but they also had to score two more goals.

As long as they could equalize the aggregate score, they could eliminate Dortmund with the advantage of away goals.

But could they really score two goals in the last twenty minutes to equalize the aggregate score?

Ibrahimović, who had made bold statements before the game, still hadn't produced a convincing performance in this match.

He really seemed to be a "knockout stage softie," not knowing how to play once he reached the knockout stage.

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After scoring a goal, Dortmund was full of fighting spirit. Even though they were still being pressured by AC Milan, everyone was confident and knew how to play. There was no panic.

The difference in mental outlook directly led to the different performances of the players in the game.

In the last twenty minutes, the AC Milan players became more and more anxious as the time they had left to be eliminated from the game dwindled.

Dortmund, on the other hand, calmly retreated to defend and counterattack. Even if the counterattack couldn't threaten AC Milan's goal, it could at least waste some time.

In the songs of the Dortmund fans, the game time passed minute by minute.

Although Allegri used all his substitutions, he still couldn't reverse the situation and change the outcome.

When the referee Debric blew the whistle to end the game, the score was fixed at 1:0.

"The game is over! 1:0! Dortmund eliminated AC Milan with a total score of 2:0 and advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals!"

"Participating in the Champions League for the first time in seven years, I didn't expect them to be able to enter the quarter-finals. It's really unexpected. This young team fully explains what it means to be 'fearless like a newborn calf!'" He Ping was also very happy, which meant that he could continue to commentate on the Champions League games that Zhou Yi participated in.

As the commentator in the station who is specifically responsible for commentating on the Champions League and La Liga, he can only commentate on Zhou Yi's games through the Champions League, because the Bundesliga games are 段欣's responsibility, and the national team games belong to 刘宏's territory.

Therefore, the further Dortmund goes in the Champions League, the more opportunities he will have to see Zhou Yi.

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The Dortmund players, who had eliminated AC Milan and entered the Champions League quarter-finals, were extremely excited. They embraced and celebrated on the field. Zhou Yi was embraced the most because he was the greatest contributor to the victory in this game. In the first half, when the team was in a passive situation, it was his pass that stabilized the situation for Dortmund, making it difficult for the opponent to intercept the ball and launch a counterattack.

In the second half, he launched a quick counterattack and assisted Lewandowski to score the only goal of the game.

Mark hugged Zhou Yi and shouted happily in his ear: "Quarter-finals! Quarter-finals! We are in the Champions League quarter-finals!"

Zhou Yi patted him on the back hard: "Look how proud you are, it's just the quarter-finals!"

"Hehe! I never even dared to think about the top sixteen before!" Mark laughed foolishly.

"I told you, you always have to have dreams, what if they come true?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Mark nodded repeatedly.

"What dreams?" Götze saw that the two were chatting happily, so he came over and asked curiously.

"It's a dream about the Champions League, Mario." Mark said with a smile.

"Oh? What's your Champions League dream, Mark?" Götze looked at Mark and asked.

"Hehe... Being able to participate in the Champions League is my dream..." Mark scratched his head and smiled honestly.

"How ambitious!" Zhou Yi rolled his eyes at him.

"What about you, Zhou Yi?" Götze turned to ask him.

"Of course it's the championship! The Champions League championship!" Zhou Yi said confidently. "Any dream that doesn't aim for the championship is just fooling around!"

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At the post-match press conference, Klopp couldn't hide his pride in reaching the quarter-finals: "When we were drawn into the same group as the defending champion, many people thought that our best result would be to get third in the group and then participate in the Europa League. But now, we are in the Champions League quarter-finals! I know my team can do it, I have never doubted their ability!"

He really vented all the resentment he had after the draw results came out.

However, when a reporter asked him how far he thought the team could go in this season's Champions League, he calmed down a little: "I don't know. I only know that we will work hard to move forward, no matter who the opponent is in front of us."

Allegri had nothing to say about AC Milan being eliminated in the first round of the knockout stage.

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Perhaps the players were too excited about eliminating AC Milan and entering the Champions League quarter-finals, and their minds were full of who they would meet in the Champions League and how far they could go in this season's Champions League. So in the weekend league game, when Dortmund challenged Hoffenheim away, the players seemed a little absent-minded.

Moreover, Klopp also made some rotations in this game.

So in the end, Dortmund lost to Hoffenheim 0:1 away.

Leverkusen won a narrow 1:0 victory over Mainz away, and Bayern Munich beat Hamburg 6:0, the pursuers looked menacing and were unwilling to let Dortmund go easily.

Especially Bayern Munich, the 6:0 victory at home seemed to mark that they had gotten rid of the shadow of losing to Dortmund at home in the previous league game, and Van Gaal's position was still stable.

However, in the Champions League game in the middle of the following week, Bayern Munich lost to Inter Milan 2:3 at home!

After winning a narrow 1:0 victory over Inter Milan in the first leg, they were actually tied on aggregate by Inter Milan, and Inter Milan also relied on the absolute advantage of away goals to eliminate last season's Champions League runner-up.

The failure of this game changed Van Gaal's fate.

Just after this game, Bayern Munich officially announced to the outside world that they would terminate their coaching contract with Van Gaal after the end of the season. That is to say, Van Gaal will leave Bayern Munich after coaching this season...